Typographical composing-machine.



CARL MUEHLEISEN,

0F BERLIN, GERMANY,

asszenonv TO MERGENTHALER moms COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,'CARL MUEHLEISEN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chausseestrasse new and useful Improvements in Typographical -Coinposing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to typographical composing machines such as those known commercially under the trade mark Linotype and particularly to those which are provided iwith a plurality of superposed magazines, and with a supporting frame for each magazine. lVhen it has been desired to remove a magazine from such a machine, as hitherto constructed, it has been necessary to remove, at the same time, the respective magazine-supporting frame, each ma gazine and supporting frame being dealt with as a single entity. According to the present suitable recesses in the frame.

invention, the removal of the magazines is greatly facilitated, and heavier and stronger magazine-supporting frames are renderedpossible, by making each magazine independent of its supporting frame,

,viding suitable connections between each magazine and the respectivesupporting" frame as well as between the several frames, so that each ma azine and each frame can be taken out of t e machine separatcl The invention is hereinafter, for convenience, described in connection with a machine provided with twoysuperposed magazines, and the accompanying drawing shows sufficient of such a machine'to illustrate the application thereto of the present improvements, Figure 1 being an elevation, and Fi 2, a, plan thereof. I fieferring to the drawing, a and b are the two magazines (the lower one, a, being shown in operative position); and c, d, are the respective supporting frames for the lower and upper magazines.- The lower supporting frame 0 is provided with rollers f which bear upon the cams e, by means of which the magazines are adjusted to their operative positions. Each magazine is held to its frame by a rib {7 extending fore and aft thereof and engaging in a corresponding groove in the frame, and is prevented from sliding downward by a cross-bar h engaging To remove a of its supporting magazine independently a raised .until the frame, its lower end is 23, Berlin, N. 4, in the Empire of Germany, have invented.

and by pro the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 26, 1914.

Serial No. 879,191.

cross-bar it is free from the respective frame, andthe magazine is then slid dbwnward wlth its rib g in the groove-of the said frame, To prevent accidental displacement of the magazines, books 2' and i are provided, pivotally attached to the respective supporting frame and adapted to engage withthe respective studs j, j, on t magazine, which hooks and studs must be disengaged before removal of a magazine can be effected.

The upper supporting frame at is provided, on each side, near its upper end, with a. depending yoke It, which straddles a stud m projecting from the side of the lower supporting-frame 0, thus. forming an easily detachable connection between the two frames, and'at the same time serving to prevent the said upper frame from sliding down along the top surface of the lower magazine a, on which it rests. A further connection between the two frames o, a,

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he appropriate which prevents any \elrtical displacement of of hooks n, pivoted to the-lower frame 0, v

with studs 0 projecting from the sides of the said upper frame. When it is desired to remove the supporting frame (Z from the machine, after the magazine I) has been removed, it is only necessary to disengage the last-mentioned hooks n from their studs 0, and raise the frame until the yokes 7c are clear of the studs m. After the frame 13 has been taken away, the magazine a can be removed from, the machine, independently of its frame 0, in the same manner as that described above in connection with the magazine 6 in respect of its frame d.

Having described my invention, I.declare that what I claim. and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i r

1. In a typograpgical composing machine, the combination two superposed magazines, two corre ponding'supporting frames therefor, the suppiorting frame for the upper magazine resting directly upon and sup-- several parts separablytogether; whereby said parts may be held together as a unitary structure and whereby each may be removed separately from the machine.

2. In a, typographical composing machine, combination of two superposed mags tie ' the upper zines, two corresponding support ing frames therefor, the supporting frame for the upper magazine resting directly upon and supported wholly by the underlyingmagazine, and detachable connections between the two supporting frames whereby the upper one is held in place in the-machine and is capable of independent removal therefrom at will.

3, In a typographical machine, the combination of two superposed magazines, and two correspondingsupporting frames therefor, the upper frame resting directly upon and supported wholly by the underlying magazine and I the upper magazine and detachably connected-to the lower supporting frame, for the purpose described.

4:. In a typographical machine, the combination of two superposed magazines, two corresponding supporting frames therefor, supporting frame resting upon and supported wholly by the underlying magazine, detachable connections between the two supporting frames whereby they are held together against longitudinal displace- Y of the supporting frames and arranged in v tive longitudinal ment, and a locking latch connected to one engagement with the other, and serving to prevent their relative vertical displacement. 5. In a typographical machine, the combination with. two superposed magazines, two corresponding supporting connections between the two supporting frames whereby they are" held against reladisplacement, and detachable connections between each magazine and its corresponding supporting frame, whereby they are also held against relative. longibeing provided at-its OPPOSliZQ sides with depending arms extending past frames therefor,

tudinal displacement, of a locking latch con- 40 nected to one of the supporting frames an arranged in engagement with the other to prevent their relative vertical displacement, and a locking latch. connected to each of the supporting frames and arranged in engagement with the corresponding magazine to prevent their relative vertical displacement.

6. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a plurality of superposed magazines, a separate magazine-supporting frame for each magazine, mutually engaging studs and yokes on the magazine-supporting frames adaptedto prevent relative movement of the said frames in parallel planes, and mutually en studs on' those frames a apted to prevent relative movement thereof in a direction per endicular to the aforesaid planes.

7 In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a plurality of superposed magazines, a separate magazine-supporting frame for each magazine, mutually engaging studs and hooks on the magazines'an frames for the purpose of connecting and disconnecting them, mutually engaging studs and yokes on the magazine-supporting frames adapted to prevent relative movement of the said frames in parallel planes,

and mutually engaging hooks and studs on those frames adapted to prevent relative movement thereof in a direction perpendicular to the aforesaid planes.

In witness whereof I'have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

I CARL MUEIILEISEN. Witnesses:

HENRY HASPER,

WOLDEMAR HAUPT.

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